alistair Sutcliffe

I bought a second hand eub to see what it was like. They hold their value well. I think i lost about £20 when i sold it on a few months later.

I play a lot of old style pubs. I often have to set my bass lower than normal due to the height of the ceiling.

And then she said, "That's a big elephant"

I use the rotosounds. All pizz and slap. I prefer the sound and feel of them to the Innovation silver slaps and super silvers.

I've been using greenboy designed fearful cabs for a few years now and they are superb. His new fearless range is supposed to be even better although i haven't had a chance to try one. There's a UK dealer called Tricky Audio.

I'd do my utmost to make it. Blisworth would be great for me.

I agree the second hand one off the forum is probably your best bet. If you decide to buy new though I recommend the gedo. I've got one of their cheapest models and play pop/rnr in pubs and it's been brilliant. In addition to the purchase cost i spent £80 on better strings and £30 getting it properly set up (Bridge reshaped and soundpost moved). The sound isn't complex but it's a full tone that works well in a band. It's been dragged to 2 gigs a week, slapped for hours, sometimes whilst standing on it, and not a scratch so far.

My 3/4 sits flat in my Kia Picanto. That's a very cheap car to buy and run.

[quote name='timbo1978' timestamp='1389199468' post='2331259'] A couple of posts here mention warming up - what do you normally do before playing? [/quote] Four pints of Guinness.

Congratulations and best wishes to you both!

How about a small pa mixing desk? You might need di's or something to sort the impedances of course.

My 3 piece rnr pub band plays without instrument amps. I can't think of any good reason to use them these days. Multifx units are so good now that they're just not necessary for an average sized pub. Why lug amps AND a pa? It's unnecessary lugging and setting up, they add to feedback issues, they disperse unequally and volume wars are the consequence. I can see why boutique amps are wanted at bigger or more prestigious gigs with a sound engineer but not for a pub. Not using amps is a system most guitarists won't go for on principle but if they were open minded enough to try it it might solve the problem.

If you like diy you could build a cab to already proven designs. I've built Fearful and Bill Fitzmaurice cabs and they're both excellent. Great fun too if you like a bit of diy.

The stagg's a good instrument, but it's not the same as a dB. I would recommend getting one, but only if you can get a second-hand one at a sensible price. Pretty much everyone seems to sell them on to buy a dB pretty quickly. I had mine about an hour before I started looking at double basses!

[quote name='ChrisF' timestamp='1385664376' post='2290934'] Got this today.... [attachment=149399:1422916_10152020700511136_1106016933_n.jpg] [/quote] Nice!

I own a pair of home-made fearful 12s and a little ibanez (detachable amp) combo. The cabs go super low so I either use them as subs for the pa and plug into the desk, or i can stack them as a regular bass rig. The Ibanez amp is good but definitely needs a pre in front. Pickup wise I use a bassmax and home-made clicky into a little 2 channel preamp.

That Stentor looks virtually identical to my low-end Gedo. The only differences i can see is the Gedo has an ebony fb and nut, and the Stentor has Innovation strings. I've only played my Gedo and a Stagg electric db but certainly the Gedo's doing the job of pub gigs perfectly. If you go for the Stentor, it would be worth asking around your local shops for a price. I've been out of the trade for a few years but Stentor cetainly used to be a general instrument and accessories supplier that most music shops could order from. You might find a shop willing to do it at a better price.

It went to a luthier in the end. I took it to Simon Watkin Violins near Whittlesea from the pinned list. He salvaged the bridge I had by reshaping the feet so it stood up at the correct angle. Like you said, the angles both side of the bridge are now equal. He also re-cut and moved the sound post for me. I played my first gig with it since the work was done just last night. It was a nice change not having to worry about it collapsing! The cost of the work was £30 and he did it while I waited. Can't ask for more than that!

I got great results with a cheap omnidirectional clip-on lapel mic pointed into the treble f-hole. There's a big thread on Talkbass about them. It's useless live because it feeds back at too low a volume but it gave an amazing sound for recording. Only cost about £15 from Maplins.

Not spare strings, but i do have an old beater of an electric bass in the car just in case the db implodes.

My sort of basses! I'd be buying something like that if i had more disposable income.

Innovation silver slaps. They sound great on my el cheapo and they're easy to play. I play slap and pizz, i don't know how they bow.

Can you take an electric bass and switch between the two to give your arm a break?

Well it survived the mini gig last night. Have to be honest though, the cable tie holding the top of the bridge to the tailpiece doesn't look too clever I rang a luthier this morning and got a ball-park figure of £70 to £100 to fit a new bridge. I'm not a fan of spending money if i don't have to but i think the work needed to save the existing bridge is beyond me.